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Summary

A flat circular earthwork platform is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. Its function and date is not clear from the available imagery, but it could be a post-medieval or modern feature associated with the designed landscape at Rousdon. Slight earthworks may survive.

Location

Protected Status

• Registered Park or Garden (II) 1001441: ROUSDON

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PLATFORM (Unknown date)

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

No features are depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1963, RAF/58/5607, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 4174-4175 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355896.

A flat circular earthwork is visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A flat circular platform is visible as an earthwork circa 15 metres in diameter near the cliff edge to the south of Rousdon. Its siting potentially provides a good south-easterly view over Charton Bay and Humble Point, suggesting a possible military origin as a lookout point. However, the area immediately to the east was heavily wooded in 1946, so it is unlikely to be of Second World War date. It may be a post-medieval platform for a structure, perhaps associated with the designed landscape at Rousdon. Approximately 45 metres to the south another possible platform, this one elliptical, is indistinctly visible at SY2955790228, but was not clear enough to transcribe as part of this project. The features are not clearly visible on any of the other available aerial photographs, but slight earthworks may survive.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV355896	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1963. RAF/58/5607. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 4174-4175 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #66117 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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